Toddler sleep regression?

[MummyG17]

Hiya,

My ds's sleep has always been rubbish. He's just started sleeping through the night but is only managing 10 hours then averaging 1 1/2 to 2 hours nap averaging 12 hours a day. Is this normal?

How old is he? My DS is 18 months and has about 14 hours with night sleep and naps. All children are different and require different amounts of sleep. Does he seem tired a lot? Or does he do other stuff that make you think he isn't getting enough?

He's just turned 2. He seems fine quite energetic he does tantrum and then when he's too tired but he seems ok. He wakes up in the morning and no matter what we do he just wants to get up and play.

I'd say you need to reduce his day nap a little bit (compensate by making bed time slightly earlier. I'd say day sleep needs to be about an hour at this point.
Make any changes gradually but it should help.

My DS is similar in that once he's awake in the morning that is it. He had a habit of waking at 5am and then going for an early nap and sleeping for hours. Shortening the nap just made him miserable and then he would go to bed early and wake early again. So didn't help. If I let him sleep and then go to bed later he would still wake at 5am. It made no difference. He is slowly starting to wake between 6/7am more consistently now, so it has just been a vase of waiting for him to get there.